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Google introduced the Currents service as a replacement for the discontinued Google+

Google has previously begun shutting down the social network Google+, which had effectively ceased to function for regular users. The corporate segment of the network remains operational and is now renamed Currents. This applies to those using the G Suite package. Currently, the Currents service is available in beta, and after registration, existing content in the organization can be migrated. […]

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Last weekend, the nineteenth international literary conference on fantasy issues, "RosCon," took place at the Lesnye Dali health resort in the Moscow region. The conference hosts a variety of events, including those aimed at aspiring authors — master classes from Sergey Lukyanenko and Evgeny Lukin. Interested individuals need to send a story. The organizing committee conducts initial moderation for compliance with formal requirements, and selects the necessary amount […]

Learning to Write Waves Smart Contracts in RIDE and RIDE4DAPPS. Part 2 (DAO — Decentralized Autonomous Organization)

Hello everyone! In the first part, we thoroughly discussed how to create and work with a dApp (decentralized application) in the Waves RIDE IDE. Now let’s test the example we analyzed a bit. Stage 3. Testing the dApp account What issues stand out immediately with the Alice dApp Account? First: Boob and Cooper might accidentally send funds to the dApp address using the usual […]

Learning to write Waves smart contracts on RIDE and RIDE4DAPPS. Part 1 (Multiplayer Wallet)

Hello everyone! Recently, Waves Labs announced a competition for developers tied to the release of the RIDE programming language expansion for decentralized applications, Ride4Dapps, in the test network! We chose the DAO case as Ventuary plans to develop a dApp with social features: voting, fundraising, trust management, and more. We started with a simple example in a Q&A session and in RIDE […]

Tensor and RT cores do not take up much space on NVIDIA Turing graphics cards

Even during the announcement of the first GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards, many believed that their considerable size was due to the presence of additional blocks: RT cores and tensor cores. Now, one Reddit user has analyzed infrared images of the Turing TU106 and TU116 graphics processors and concluded that the new computational blocks do not occupy as much space as anticipated […]

An Android smartphone can be used as a security key for two-factor authentication.

Developers from Google have introduced a new method of two-factor authentication that involves using an Android-based smartphone as a physical security key. Many have already encountered two-factor authentication, which requires not only entering a standard password but also using a second tool for identity verification. For example, some services send an SMS message after entering the user's password, in […]

New Gartner quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solutions

Introducing the new Gartner quadrant — Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring 2019. This year's report was released on March 14. Gartner predicts a fourfold growth in the APM monitoring market due to the digitization of business processes, with coverage of 20% of all business applications by 2021. Unfortunately, the report does not include data on the calculation methodology for such growth, but when […]

How to promote a beginner without breaking anything.

Search, interview, test task, selection, hiring, adaptation — it's a tough and clear path for both employer and employee. The newcomer lacks the necessary specialized competencies. Even an experienced specialist has to readjust. Leaders are pressured with questions like what tasks to assign to the new employee at the start and how much time to allocate for them? At the same time, ensuring interest and engagement […]

Virtual file systems in Linux: why they are needed and how they work? Part 2

Hello everyone, we share with you the second part of the publication "Virtual File Systems in Linux: Why They Are Needed and How They Work?" The first part can be read here. We remind you that this series of publications is timed to the launch of a new stream for the course "Linux Administrator," which will start very soon. How to monitor VFS using eBPF and bcc tools The simplest […]

New Data Center Processors — Analyzing the Announcements from Recent Months

We talk about multi-core CPUs from leading global manufacturers. / photo PxHere PD 48 cores In late 2018, Intel announced the Cascade-AP architecture. These processors will support up to 48 cores, feature a multi-chip layout, and have 12 channels of DDR4 DRAM. This approach will ensure a high level of parallelism, which will be useful in processing large data in the cloud. The release of products based on Cascade-AP is planned […]

LaCie Rugged RAID Shuttle: portable storage with RAID 0/1 support

LaCie, the premium brand of Seagate Technology, has announced a new portable drive — the Rugged RAID Shuttle, built with enhanced durability. This new device features two 2.5-inch hard drives with a total capacity of 8 TB. It supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations, depending on user needs. The drive is compliant with IP54 standards, ensuring protection […]

The LaCie 2big RAID desktop storage holds up to 16 TB of data.

LaCie, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, has introduced the 2big RAID external storage solution, which will be available for order very soon. The new model includes two enterprise-class IronWolf Pro hard drives, ensuring increased reliability. The drives can be configured in RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD. USB 3.1 interface is used for connection to the computer […]

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